| August 2011 transfer rumours |
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| 30.08.2011 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Bolton they can keep Gary Cahill, if chairman Phil Gartside and manager Owen Coyle maintain their stance that his initial offer for the player - rumoured to be £6m - is "derisory". (Metro) Aston Villa could make a move for Spurs full-back Alan Hutton after Luke Young headed for QPR. (The Sun) Arsenal are keen on Hamburg winger Eljero Elia. (Daily Mail) Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka and Manchester City's Roque Santa Cruz are both targets for Spanish side Real Betis. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle are set for crunch talks with Lyon over defender Aly Cissokho. (talkSPORT) Arsenal's negotiators are working overtime in a bid to sign Parma's Danilo Pereira before transfer deadline day. (Metro) Sunderland are set to go back in for Tottenham's Peter Crouch, with Stoke's attempts to sign the Spurs and England striker at a standstill. (Daily Mirror) Chelsea are ready to part company with central defender Alex in a bid to secure the signing of Milos Krasic from Juventus. (Metro) Striker Carlton Cole wants to stay at West Ham, even though they accepted a £6m bid from Stoke for him. (Daily Mirror) Chelsea could make a £35m move for Bayern Munich's France international winger Franck Ribery. (caughtoffside.com) Liverpool are plotting a late transfer swoop for Barcelona winger Ibrahim Afellay before the transfer window closes on Wednesday. (caughtoffside.com) Chelsea are in the hunt for Porto's Joao Moutinho as their chase for Luka Modric falters. (Daily Mail) Stoke are preparing a £2m swoop for 18-year-old Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha. (Daily Mail) 23.08.2011Juan Mata is on the verge of joining Chelsea from Valencia for £23.5m. (The Guardian) Liverpool outcast Daniel Pacheco is a target for Spanish side Rayo Vallecano. The 20-year-old striker has made only 14 appearances in all competitions for the Merseyside club since he arrived from Barcelona in 2007. (TalkSport) Arsenal target Mathieu Valbuena will not be joining the Premier League club this summer - but Marseille are willing to cash in on him next year. (TalkSport) AC Milan are looking at loan deals for Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, Spurs striker Peter Crouch and Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani. (Daily Mirror) QPR are ready to pay Manchester City £2m for winger Shaun Wright-Phillips - and are offering to keep him on his City salary of around £55,000 per week to see off rivals Bolton, Stoke and Wigan. (Daily Mirror) West Ham boss Sam Allardyce believes a club will meet the Hammers' £8m valuation and buy Scott Parker before the window closes. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool and Spurs are weighing up bids for Hugo Rodallega as Wigan boss Roberto Martinez admits he is struggling to hang on to the £9m-rated striker. (Daily Mirror) Tottenham centre-back Sebastien Bassong is a £2m target for Turkey's Bursaspor. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal agree a deal in principal with Lille for midfielder Eden Hazard worth £23m - but nothing will be signed until the future of Arsenal's Champions League aspirations for this season are known. (Footybunker) 16.08.2011Arsenal have told Manchester City they can have Samir Nasri - in a swap for Carlos Tevez. (The Sun) Republic of Ireland and Tottenham striker Robbie Keane is on the verge of signing a two-year, £5m contract with Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, subject to a medical. (Fox Soccer) Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has reportedly lined up a £35m bid for Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Porto. (Metro) Chelsea are ready to offer £15.7m plus an unnamed player to Porto for wing-back Alvaro Pereira who has a £25m release clause in his contract. (Daily Mail) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled out signing Valencia and Spain winger Juan Mata. (Daily Mirror) Aston Villa want to sign England winger Adam Johnson on a season-long loan from Manchester City with a view to a permanent move at the end of the campaign. (Metro) Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has blocked striker David Ngog's proposed £4m move to Bolton because he has not yet found a replacement for the Frenchman. (Daily Mirror) Dalglish is not expected to succeed with a £10m bid for Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross. (Daily Mail) Alex is poised to leave Chelsea in a £7.5m move to Juventus. (The Sun) 09.08.2011Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku from Anderlecht with a fee of £20m likely to be offered over the weekend. (Daily Mail) Tottenham are ready to revive their interest in Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi and could bid £28m for the forward who eluded them in January. (Daily Mirror) Joey Barton's future appears to lie with either Arsenal or Tottenham after the transfer-listed Newcastle midfielder priced himself out of a move to boyhood club Everton. (Metro) Samir Nasri could be sold by Arsenal after an apparent row with manager Arsene Wenger. Manchester City are willing to pay £22m for the French midfielder. (Daily Mirror) The Gunners are refusing to budge on their £40m valuation of captain Cesc Fabregas however, and have rejected a £35m bid from Barcelona for the Spain midfielder. (Metro) Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol has ruled out being part of a player swap deal that takes Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor to the Bernabeu. (talkSPORT) Sunderland are investigating the possibility of taking Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy on a season-long loan, but the deal may hinge on City contributing to his £85,000-a-week wages. (Daily Mirror) Manchester United winger Gabriel Obertan will complete a move to Newcastle next week with a fee of £3m already agreed between the two clubs. (Daily Mail) Tottenham's attempts to bring in Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra have been so far foiled by the former Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth anchorman's wage demands. (talkSPORT ) Arsenal attacker Carlos Vela could be bound for La Liga for a third loan spell with Real Sociedad interested in a temporary deal. (Inside Futbol) Liverpool's Joe Cole could be on his way out of Anfield before the start of the season with Paris Saint-Germain usurping Tottenham as the leading candidates for his signature. (Metro) Tottenham are asking for £20m from Stoke in exchange for striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Wilson Palacios. The Potters are willing to go to £18m. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle are planning a move for Barcelona's out-of-favour striker Keirrison as a possible replacement for Andy Carroll. The Magpies hope to bring in the Brazilian for £3m. (CaughtOffside.com) Arsenal are already scouting for a replacement for unsettled Cesc Fabregas with manager Arsene Wenger contemplating a bid for Borussia Dortmund playmaker Shinji Kagawa. (Fanatix.com) 02.08.2011Tottenham have tabled a bid of around £22m for Arsenal target Juan Mata. The Valencia winger is open to a move to the Premier League and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a fan of the 23-year-old but he is yet to make a formal offer. (Daily Mirror) Everton are considering a move to sign Manchester City's Adam Johnson on a season-long loan. Johnson is behind midfielder David Silva in the City pecking order and may fancy a move to help protect his place in the England squad in the run-up to Euro 2012. (Daily Mirror) Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock is lining up a loan deal for Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha. (Daily Mail) Liverpool are watching midfielder James McCarthy's contract talks at Wigan closely and will move for him if they go badly and the Latics show any inclination of wanting to sell. McCarthy has also been linked with Arsenal and Chelsea. (Daily Mirror) Celtic boss Neil Lennon has admitted he has not given up hope of signing either Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy or Reading striker Shane Long. (Daily Telegraph) Big-spending Championship side Leicester are to bid £4m-plus for Birmingham striker Cameron Jerome, who is also a target for Premier League sides Stoke, Fulham and Bolton. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool and Tottenham are set to go head-to-head for the signature of Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas, according to reports in Brazil. (talksport) Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has made a move for Fiorentina winger Alessio Cerci, according to reports in Italy. (Gazzetta dello Sport) Meanwhile, Manchester City and Inter Milan will hold talks over a swap deal involving strikers Carlos Tevez and Samuel Eto'o this weekend. (Daily Telegraph) New Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is set to miss out on yet another major transfer target, with Palermo playmaker Javier Pastore on the verge of a move to Paris St Germain. (talksport) But Paris St Germain boss Antoine Kombouare has refused to discuss reports the club were on the brink of making Pastore their latest big-money signing. (Sky Sports) Having publicly declared he would not leave Tottenham for the northeast of England after Newcastle United showed interest, striker Jermain Defoe could be the subject of a bid by London neighbours Fulham. (Footie Online) Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle has set a deadline of this weekend for the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs to come forward with an acceptable bid for defender Gary Cahill. (Bolton News) Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has confirmed the club are working on deals to bring in 'a few' new players with Phil Jagielka (Everton), Juan Mata (Valencia), and Christopher Samba (Blackburn) believed to be their top priorities. (Metro) Luka Modric has accepted that he is stuck at Spurs, who are refusing to sell him to London rivals Chelsea, and will reportedly knuckle down for the new season. (Metro) |